Saccolaimus peli (Temminck, 1853)

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 44-46

Saccolaimus peli (Temminck, 1853)

Fig. 19 C–D

Taphozous peli Temminck, 1853: 82 .

* Taphozous (Saccolaimus) peli Temminck, 1853 .

Saccolaimus has variably been assigned (sub)generic status by various authors, but Barghoorn (1977: 5) ranked it as a genus based on its skull proportions and ossification, and the morphology of the auditory bullae (see also fig. 88 in Happold 2013p).

Our distribution map hardly differs from the one presented by Hayman et al. (1966: map 24). We have a few extra records in the Nord-Kivu and Ituri Provinces in the northeastern part of the DRC, and in the Mongala and Tshuapa Provinces in the northwestern part of the country. The general map shows that S. peli is primarily a forest species.

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Fig. 19. Distribution maps. A–B. Coleura afra (Peters, 1852). C–D. Saccolaimus peli (Temminck, 1853). E–F. Taphozous mauritianus E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818. A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.